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Certificates that are filled up irregularly are simply refused 

 by the Institute. No erasure is permitted on either certificate 

 or counterfoil, and all corrections must be clearly initialled. 



The Institute retains the original signatures of the issuers 

 of the certificates as evidence, so as to be able at any time to 

 prove the accuracy of the tickets. 



Every buyer should receive the certificate corresponding 

 to his purchase. If from any cause he omits to take the 

 tickets the counterfoils must be filled up, the certificate 

 marked as unclaimed and sent in to the Board with the 

 fortnightly reports of sales, or else delivered, on demand, 

 to the official authorised by the Board to collect them. 



The local chairman, his deputy, or the appointed officials 

 must see to it, where a grower lives in one community and 

 has his gardens in another, that the hops are marked by the 

 community in which they are produced. 



Fractions of packets leaving the community must be 

 ■ treated just the same as entire bales. 



Hops of any green varieties and hops that have been 

 sulphured elsewhere than under the supervision of the 

 officials of the Institute may not under any circumstances 

 be sealed, trade-marked or certified. On the other hand, 

 hops sulphured under supervision as aforesaid may be sealed, 

 etc., but the certificate must expressly state that they have 

 been so sulphured. 



Outshot hops of inferior quahty may, on request, be 

 marked with the seal of the community and provided with 

 a certificate of origin, but must never bear the trade mark ; 

 and the certificate must state expressly that they are "out- 

 shots, of bad quality, without trade mark ". Adherence to 

 the rules laid down is strictly enforced on all the officials con- 

 cerned, and neglect in this respect may lead to the offending 

 community being suspended or expelled from the Union. 



The communities are empowered to levy a charge of 5d, 



